N.Y. Election Law Section 17-108
False affidavits

  • mutilation, destruction or loss of registry list or affidavits

1.

Any person who wilfully loses, alters, destroys or mutilates the list of voters or registration poll ledgers in any election district, or a certified copy thereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

2.

An applicant for registration who shall make, incorporate or cause to be incorporated a material false statement in an application for registration, or in any challenge or other affidavit required for or made or filed in connection with registration or voting, and any person who knowingly takes a false oath before a board of inspectors of election, and any person who makes a material false statement in a medical certificate or an affidavit filed in connection with an application for registration, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

3.

A person who shall wilfully suppress, mutilate or alter, or, except as authorized by this chapter, shall destroy, any signed challenge or other affidavit required for or made or filed in connection with registration or voting, and any person who, except as authorized by this chapter, shall remove such an affidavit from the place of registration or polling place, is guilty of a felony.

4.

A person other than the applicant who, prior to the filing of the application, shall willfully suppress, mutilate, materially alter, or, except as authorized by this chapter, destroy a signed application for registration by mail, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Source: Section 17-108 — False affidavits; mutilation, destruction or loss of registry list or affidavits, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/ELN/17-108 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Jan. 18, 2025).

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Definitions 17‑102
Misdemeanors at, or in connection with, primary elections, caucuses, enrollment in political parties, committees, and conventions 17‑104
False registration 17‑106
Misconduct of election officers 17‑108
False affidavits 17‑110
Misdemeanors concerning police commissioners or officers or members of any police force 17‑112
Soliciting media support 17‑114
Failure to furnish information 17‑116
Removal, mutilation or destruction of election booths, supplies, poll-lists or cards of instruction 17‑118
Refusal to permit employees to attend election 17‑120
Misconduct in relation to certificate of nomination and official ballot 17‑122
Misconduct in relation to petitions 17‑124
Failure to deliver official ballots 17‑126
Misconduct of election officers 17‑128
Violations of election law by public officer or employee 17‑130
Misdemeanor in relation to elections 17‑132
Illegal voting 17‑134
Unlawful use of pasters 17‑136
False returns 17‑140
Furnishing money or entertainment to induce attendance at polls 17‑142
Giving consideration for franchise 17‑144
Receiving consideration for franchise 17‑146
Offender a competent witness 17‑148
Bribery or intimidation of elector in military service of United States 17‑150
Duress and intimidation of voters 17‑152
Conspiracy to promote or prevent election 17‑154
Pernicious political activities 17‑156
Political assessments 17‑160
Procuring fraudulent documents in order to vote 17‑162
Judicial candidates not to contribute 17‑164
Political contributions by owners of polling places prohibited 17‑166
Penalty 17‑168
Crimes against the elective franchise not otherwise provided for 17‑170
Destroying or delaying election returns
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Accessed:
Jan. 18, 2025

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 17-108’s source at nysenate​.gov

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